HAMILTON's Leslie Odom Jr. & Choreographer Camille A. Brown to Receive Princess Grace Statue Award

PEOPLE reports that Hamilton's Leslie Odom Jr. and choreographer Camille A. Brown will be the recipients of the Princess Grace Foundation-USA's 2016 Princess Grace Statue Awards. The honors will be presented at a gala in New York on October 24.

Commenting exclusively to PEOPLE, Grace's son, Prince Albert II of Monaco shared, "We are proud to celebrate the successes and talents of this year's Statue winners. Over the last decade, since winning their initial Princess Grace Awards, Leslie and Camille have demonstrated excellence in their chosen fields. We are honored to bestow this special distinction on each of them and look forward to watching them thrive."

Odom shows off his extraordinary talents every night in the role of Aaron Burr in the Broadway smash hip-hop musical. He previously won the foundation's Theater Scholarship in 2002. He made his Broadway debut at the age of 17. This year he picked up a Grammy Award as principal soloist on Hamilton's original Broadway cast recording. His other credits include Broadway's LEAP OF FAITH and NBC's SMASH.

Brown previously received Princess Grace Awards for Choreography and Works in Progress Residency. Her original works include a 2016 Guggenheim Fellowship.

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